December 15, 2011
Moscow, December 15, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) has introduced a search app for the iPhone, downloadable for free from the Apple App Store. The Yandex for iPhone app offers iPhone users the fastest and easiest access to Yandex’s search engine, as well as the access to other websites and Yandex services.
November 30, 2011
Moscow and Prague, November 30, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) has announced a partnership with Seznam.cz, the largest web search engine and information portal in the Czech Republic with 56% search market share, according to TOPlist (November 2011). Today, Seznam.cz has launched a video search service, videa.seznam.cz, developed by Yandex.
November 28, 2011
Moscow, November 28, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) announced the acquisition of SPB Software, a leading developer of mobile software with offices in Russia, Taiwan, and Thailand. SPB offers a full suite of mobile solutions including a mobile user interface engine for smartphones and tablets.
November 25, 2011
Moscow, November 25, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) has become the default search engine on Windows Phone-based handsets in Russia. The company has partnered with Nokia, Samsung, HTC and Microsoft to provide its search services on the latest Windows Phone smartphone models on the country’s mobile market.
November 24, 2011
Internet, November 24, 2011. A journey planner on Yandex.Maps now provides information about available public transport routes based on current traffic conditions. Yandex.Maps is the the only internet service offering to its users an opportunity to choose the less-congested and, therefore, the fastest routes to their destination using public transport.
November 17, 2011
Internet, November 17, 2011. The Yandex.Music app is now available on the social networking website Facebook. Facebook users can tell their friends about their favorite songs simply by playing them on Yandex.Music. The integration of the service into Facebook makes it easier for users to learn about the music preferences of their friends and also discover new artists and compositions.
October 27, 2011
MOSCOW AND THE HAGUE, October 27, 2011, Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX), the leading internet company in Russia operating the country’s most popular search engine and most visited website, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.
October 26, 2011
Yandex provides a taxi for its users. There is no longer any need to make lots of phone calls to arrange a taxi. Yandex.Taxi sends its user’s booking request to all of its partner taxi services and quickly finds an available car. The service is currently in beta and finds taxis only for users in Moscow.
October 25, 2011
Under a strategic partnership agreement between Yandex and Samsung, Yandex’s Search will be preinstalled as a default search engine on all Samsung bada-powered smartphones for the CIS countries. Yandex’s services for mobile devices will also be integrated into these smartphones. Samsung smartphones with Yandex’s services will be available for purchase beginning in November.
October 19, 2011
Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) announced today that it has launched a new map service for Turkey. The new service offers a detailed map of Turkey that includes built-in traffic maps as well as panoramic street images of Istanbul and Ankara. These images are exclusively available on Yandex.Maps.
October 18, 2011
Yandex.Money has agreed to partner with Equifaх, the largest consumer credit reporting agency working in Russia. Now, those Yandex.Money users who have ever taken a loan from a bank can have their Yandex.Money identification confirmed online, without having to come to the company’s office. Yandex.Money is the first e-payment system in Russia to enable online authentication via a credit reporting agency.
October 17, 2011
Moscow, October 17, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) and Samsung today have announced a strategic partnership in the CIS countries. Samsung Smart TV in these countries now features Yandex’s TV widget with access to the company’s online services. Samsung’s Smart TV for users in the CIS now has Yandex as the default search engine with the portal’s front page set up as the default homepage. Additionally, Yandex’s services will also be available on bada 2.0 powered smartphones in the near future.
October 12, 2011
Internet, October 12, 2011. Yandex.Afisha now offers its users the opportunity to buy movie tickets. Anyone planning a trip to the movies with their friends, kids or someone special can now choose seats and buy as many tickets as they want to right online at Yandex.
October 3, 2011
Moscow and The Hague, October 3, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) today announced it will report its financial results for the quarter and the nine months ended September 30, 2011, on Thursday, October 27, 2011. On that day, management will hold a conference call and webcast at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (5:00 p.m. Moscow time, 2:00 p.m. London time) to review and discuss the Company's results for the third quarter.
September 30, 2011
Internet, September 30, 2011. Yandex.Maps can now build driving routes between various locations in Russia. For major cities, including those with populations of more than one million, the service provides directions for driving within the city. This means that driving around Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ufa, or even across the country, for example, from Volgograd to Nizhny Novgorod has become much easier. The route planner is currently available as a beta.
September 29, 2011
Internet, September 29, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) today announced a $15 million investment in the U.S. company blekko, creator of the search engine blekko.com.
September 29, 2011
Moscow and The Hague, September 29, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) today reaffirmed its revenue guidance for full-year 2011, calling for ruble-based revenue growth of 55%-60%.
September 20, 2011
Istanbul, September 20, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) today announced that it has launched a web portal in Turkey. Yandex’s search engine and a range of other services created specifically for web users in this country are now available at yandex.com.tr. The company has also opened an office in Istanbul.
September 19, 2011
Internet, September 19, 2011. Yandex starts using its proprietary machine learning technology MatrixNet to display ads in Yandex’s Advertising Network (YAN). It allows the system to deliver ads better related to web users’ interests. During the first week of MatrixNet utilization, the average clickthrough rate has grown more than 20%.
September 13, 2011
Internet, September 13, 2011. Yandex has launched a mobile search service for mobile applications, apps.yandex.ru. After typing English-Russian dictionary [англо-русский словарь], for example, in the service’s search field or in the search field on Yandex’s homepage in their mobile browser, users of the iPhone or iPod Touch, as well as those using Android-based phones, will see search results with appropriate dictionary applications available on the App Store or on the Android Market.
September 12, 2011
Internet, September 12, 2011. Yandex.Money expands its air carrier partner network by adding one of Russia’s ten largest operators Rossiya Airlines. Users can now buy tickets at the airline’s website using e-payment system Yandex.Money.
September 7, 2011
Internet, September 7, 2011. In addition to its car route finder, Yandex.Maps for mobile app now offers users a route planner for public transport. This feature is available in a new version of the application for mobile devices supporting Android.
September 6, 2011
Ivanteyevka, Moscow region, September 6, 2011. Yandex today announced the opening of the first data center in Russia and the CIS that uses a special energy-efficient server cooling system.
September 6, 2011
Internet, September 6, 2011. Yandex offers its advertising clients a new format for their ads. The new, one-of-a-kind multimedia banner ad allows advertisers to maximize their product’s presence and to solve virtually any creative task. It was designed specifically for running on Yandex.Music, the company’s music search and streaming service.
September 2, 2011
Internet, September 2, 2011. Yandex has optimized search results for misspelled user queries. Now, in response to some misspelled searches the system’s users in Russia see results for both the corrected and the original versions of their query.
August 31, 2011
Internet, August 31, 2011. From today, web users can log into Yandex without registration or authorization. They can access all personal services on Yandex via their accounts on VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Google, Mail.ru or Twitter.
August 30, 2011
Internet, August 30, 2011. Yandex starts targeting display ads based on users' demographics. Advertisers on Yandex.News, Yandex.Mail or Yandex.Maps, among others, can now target their offers to the interests of specific age or gender groups in their Russian audience.
August 17, 2011
Internet, August 17, 2011. Yandex launches a new search platform Reykjavík. The new version delivers search results based on the user’s language preferences. It displays more links to English-language websites among search results for those users who often look for web resources in English, and, conversely, those who do not need search results in English, won’t see them. This is the company’s first step toward personalized search.
August 16, 2011
Internet, August 16, 2011. Firefox 6.0 edition with Yandex’s services is now available. The browser uses Yandex’s antivirus base to alert its users about web pages containing malicious software. Trying to open a malicious web page, Firefox users will see a warning from Yandex telling them that this web page is infected.
August 9, 2011
Internet, August 9, 2011. Starting today, current information on road conditions previously provided through the mobile application Yandex.Maps also becomes available on the web-based Yandex.Maps service. Users can now see right on their desktop computer screens where a car accident happened, or where road works are in progress or where traffic lights have broken down.
August 3, 2011
Internet, August 3, 2011. Yandex has expanded the range of payment options for its contextual advertising service Yandex.Direct. From now on, thousands of cash desks, payment terminals and ATMs across Russia that accept payments to Yandex.Money accounts can also process payments for advertising campaigns on Yandex.Direct.
July 28, 2011
MOSCOW AND THE HAGUE, July 28, 2011, Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX), the leading internet company in Russia operating the country’s most popular search engine and most visited website, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.
July 15, 2011
Moscow, July 15, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) today announced it will report its second quarter financial results for the period ended June 30, 2011 on Thursday, July 28, 2011. On that day, management will hold a conference call and webcast at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (5:00 p.m. Moscow time, 2:00 p.m. London time) to review and discuss the Company's results for the second quarter.
July 11, 2011
Internet, July 11, 2011. Panoramic views are now available on Yandex.Maps for mobile phones. Users can see panoramas of cities not only on a desktop computer, but also on their mobile devices.
June 23, 2011
Internet, June 23, 2011. Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) and Rambler have announced a partnership for search and advertising services. Starting today, Rambler’s search services will be powered by Yandex’s search engine and Rambler will join Yandex’s Ad Network.
June 22, 2011
Internet, June 22, 2011. Yandex has rolled out an email application for the iPhone. Users can have full access to emails in their Yandex.Mail account from anywhere via mobile interface on their internet-connected phone.
June 2, 2011
Internet, June 2, 2011. Yandex.Maps offers a route planner for travelling by public transport. Now, the route planning function is available not only to those who drive a car, but also to those who use public transportation services.
May 23, 2011
Internet, May 23, 2011. Yandex opens a sales office in Rostov-on-Don. The new sales branch will focus on promoting Yandex’s advertising products in the southern regions of Russia, while working closely with the local advertising agencies and clients.
April 21, 2011
Internet, April 21, 2011. Yandex.Metrica rolled out WebVisor, a new analytics tool for tracking user behaviour on a website. This tool allows website owners see every action performed by visitors on their website as if they were looking at the computer screen through the eyes of the visitors.
April 21, 2011
Internet, April 21, 2011. Yandex.Money rolled out a mobile application for smartphones supporting Android. Using this application, Yandex.Money clients can make purchases, pay for services, accept payments and check their balance right from their phones.
April 18, 2011
Internet, April 18, 2011. Yandex now makes its own electronic maps. The first digital map created by the company’s own mapmakers - a detailed map of Moscow and Moscow region - was rolled out today at maps.yandex.ru.
April 15, 2011
Internet, April 15, 2011. Yandex offers its advertising clients in Ukraine a new product: priority placement in Spravochnik, the company’s business directory. Using this opportunity, business owners can attract the attention of the online public to their business.
April 14, 2011
Internet, April 14, 2011. Yandex has launched a startup investment program, Yandex.Factory. The program offers funding opportunities to Russian and international projects.
March 31, 2011
Internet, March 31, 2011. Starting today, the Yandex.Money users in the CIS countries can make fast, safe and fee-free online payments using their bank cards. This option became available for the system’s users in Russia a month ago.
March 24, 2011
Internet, March 24, 2011. Starting today, the users of the online payment system Yandex.Money can top up their accounts without paying any fee at any of Evroset’s outlets in Russia.
March 21, 2011
Internet, March 21, 2011. Yandex has launched the Yandex.Market application for iPhone. This new mobile application allows users to shop for products available online at Yandex.Market, Russia’s most popular comparison shopping service.
March 17, 2011
Internet, March 17, 2011. Yandex’s search suggestions are now based on the user’s location. So, the user in Moscow typing театр (theater) in Yandex’s search box will see the театр сатиры (Satire Theater) suggestion, while the search engine’s suggestion for the user in Kirov will be театр на спасской (theater on Spasskaya), and a theater enthusiast in Kaliningrad will be offered театр на бассейной калининград (theater on Basseynaya in Kaliningrad).
March 16, 2011
Internet, March 16, 2011. Yandex has launched Yandex.Translate, an online translation service based on proprietary machine translation technology. The service translates text or web pages in Russian into English or Ukrainian. Conversely, text and web pages in English or Ukrainian can be translated into Russian.
March 15, 2011
Internet, March 15, 2011. The online payment system Yandex.Money expands out of Russia. Its users in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries are now able to make online purchases using Yandex.Money.
February 28, 2011
Internet, February 28, 2011. Yandex.Money, the largest online payment system in Russia, provides a tool for making fast and easy online payments using a bank card integrated with the user’s Yandex.Money account. The service does not charge a commission for payments made with a bank card issued by any bank operating in Russia.
February 21, 2011
Internet, February 21, 2011. Russia’s leading online payment service Yandex.Money announced its partnership with Sberbank, the country’s largest bank. Now, the users of the Yandex.Money system can top up their accounts via Sberbank’s ATMs or payment terminals using a debit card from any Russian bank.
February 17, 2011
Internet, February 17, 2011. Yandex and VimpelCom (trademarked as Beeline) have agreed to provide free internet access to the users of the mobile application Yandex.Maps. Now, the Beeline clients anywhere in Russia can use Yandex’s mapping service as much as they like – in the new version of the Yandex.Maps mobile application the data usage is not charged.
January 26, 2011
Internet, January 26, 2011. Yandex offers businesses a premium placement opportunity in Yandex’s Business directory (http://sprav.yandex.ru/pr). This is a new advertising solution designed to give companies a chance to stand out both on Yandex.Maps and in Yandex’s search results and to attract more customers.
January 24, 2011
Internet, January 24, 2011. Using the new ‘Targeted caller’ tool, advertisers on Yandex can now know how many clients make a call after seeing their contextual ads.
January 19, 2011
Internet, January 19, 2011. Yandex announced its preliminary unaudited financial results for 2010. The company's ruble revenue* grew 43% compared to 2009 and reached 12.5 billion rubles ($410 million**).
